Stiffening of double collars



Feb, 259 93., R, HNIGSBERG STIIPFEHQINGY OF DOUBLE COLLARS Filed Feb. 7, 1955 Patented Feb. 25, 1936 l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application February 7, 1935, Serial No. 5,459 In Germany February 9, 1934 3 Claims.

This invention relates to collars of soft or semistiff material, with a stiifener member, which is constructed upon a carrier, usually a bundle strip.

In pressing or ironing the collar, an undesirable glossy strip is liable to be produced by this connecting strip on the front of the upper collar. The object of the present invention is to obviate this disadvantage by locating the oblique stiffening member in a guide, which is formed on the under collar by notches or cuts or as a loop. An abutment of its own for the end of the stiffening member located in the bend or arch at the top of the collar is not necessary, since the head of the stiffening member, which is preferably provided with a cross piece, either bears in the arch of the collar itself, or else the loop itself becomes the abutment. The loop is preferably made from a pocket embracing the cross piece, so that it is bounded on its upper edge by the arch of the collar and on the other edge by the pocket. In this manner the exact position of the stiifening member is determined.

The lower end of the stiffening member is supported in a packet which is formed from the wall of the upper collar, the edges of the marginal hems, and a flap applied to the latter.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows the front portion of a double collar, with a guide for the stiffening member made by means of slits in the under collar;

Figure 2 shows the same .form of construction with the under collar turned up;

Figure 3 shows the front portion of a double collar with a loop provided on the under collar.

Figure 4 shows the same with the under collar turned up, and

Figure 5 shows the front portion of a double collar in which the cross piece of the stiffening member is inserted in slots in the under collar at right angles to the arch of the collar.

This new collar stiffening operates in the following manner:-

In stiifening the tips'of the upper collar I, the stifening member 6 is well supported and also Well held in position without these holding devices impairing the manufacture or the appearance of the collar. In Figures l and 2 the small rod-shaped stiffener 6 is drawn through two slots 3 and 4 arranged in the material of the under collar 2, is supported, when the collar is turned down, against the arch "l, and is inserted in a pocket I3 located at the tip of the collar. The slots in the under collar prevent longitudinal movement, and likewise lateral movement. When the collar is being pressed or ironed, these slots do not in any way form a hindrance.

In the construction illustrated in Figures 3 and 4, the stiiening member 6 is passed through a pocket-like loop I8 until its cross piece I1 is completely introduced. When the lower collar is turned down it is held fast by the arch of the collar and the loop, and therefore at the same time gives the stiffening member'its direction, the lower end of the said stifener being received by a pocket I3, as in the form of construction illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.

In the construction according to Figure 5, the cross piece I 1a, I'lb is held by a loop, which is formed in the under collar by two slots or cuts 2I, 22 in the lower collar 2 at right angles to the collar arch 1. Here again the position of the stiffening member on the upper collar I6 is ensured. The pocket I5 arranged at the point of the collar is preferably formed by constituting it of the collar wall I 6, the edges 8 and 9 of the marginal hems I0 and II, and ap I5 provided on the latter. The seams are indicated at I2 and I4.

What I claim is:-

1. A folded collar including a neckband and an outer fold connected with said band and having front tips, a stiffening member, a support for one end of said stiii'ening member at each tip of the outer fold, each stiffening member extending obliquely to the tip of the collar, a cross piece carried by the terminal of the stiffening member disposed adjacent the collar fold and extending obliquely to the stiiening member with the acute angle at the front, a support for said cross piece locking the latter against accidental withdrawal, the portion of said stifening member lying between said supports being freely disposed.

2. A folded collar as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that the second mentioned support includes a pocket-like member secured to the neckband of the collar.

3. A folded collar as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that the second mentioned support is constituted by slits formed in said neckband and receiving the opposite ends of the cross member.

ROBERT HNIGSBERG. 

